Health anxiety refers to excessive worry about and preoccupation with ill health and can be triggered when diagnosed with a medical condition. Existing research suggests that elevated health anxiety is associated with ...

The purpose of this study is to illustrate that children with ASD experience greater difficulty in fundamental movement skills compared to their peers without ASD. Young children with ASD demonstrate delays in attainment ...

In discourse processing, it has been demonstrated in numerous studies that readers construct mental pictures of what they are reading. For example, when the sentence “A woman came into the house” is read, the reader will ...

Dark deeds and spectral beings have long been part of the Gothic tradition so it is not surprising that they would play a large role in Margaret Atwood’s oeuvre, given her academic training and personal interest in the ...

There are many categories of algorithms that tackle face recognition, one of them being based on Bayesian Networks which allow to encode causal relationships between different kind of random variables, thus helping to ...

Print Quest is an online educational application for young children that focuses on making printing fun while using new tablet technology that is quickly becoming more accessible and affordable. The primary goal of this ...

A study of the performance of the absorption of CO2 in an aqueous solution of a primary alkanolamine was evaluated experimentally in a lab-scale absorber packed with a high efficiency DX structured packing and compared ...

The molar heat capacity, Cp, is a key thermo physical quantity needed for thermodynamic calculations. It is crucial for designing chemical processes as well as for the progress of thermodynamic theories. Knowledge of the ...

A regional energy system consists of diverse forms of energy. Energy-related issues such as utilization of renewable energy and reduction of green house gas (GHG) emission are confronting decision makers. Meanwhile, various ...

The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of the subjective experiences and opinions of a group of women who have previously attended or facilitated support groups for women suffering from postpartum depression ...

In recent years, tremendous effort has been expended on subatomic physics, with the building of new laboratories to better understand the natural laws governing the universe. Jefferson Lab, one of these Laboratories in the ...

The 12 GeV electron beam upgrade at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab) in Virginia calls for new set of experimental equipment to detect produced particles at higher momenta. In Experimental Hall C ...

There are several classes of molecules in organic chemistry that exhibit photochromism, one of which is dithienylenthenes (DTEs). Photochromism is defined as a light-induced reversible transformation between two isomeric ...

Saskatchewan has the highest provincial pesticide usage in Canada. With the drought expected in Saskatchewan due to climate change, there will be increased crop production pressures and in turn, increased pesticide use. ...

This paper describes the design and fabrication of a new Mesoscale Soil Test System. This equipment is developed to find out innovative solutions for the construction of civil infrastructures on problematic soils, such as ...

Composting, one of the promising biotechnologies for solid waste management, is a process where organisms convert organic materials into a hygienic and bio-stable humus-like product. Food waste composting has gained increased ...

History is often written by men with little thought to the perspectives of women, particularly in patriarchal societies. Consequently female narratives about war, notions of nationhood, the state, identity and marginalization ...

Southern Alberta is facing a looming resource crisis that surprisingly has nothing to do with oil. The South Saskatchewan River Basin, which is the only river system that does not flow north, is at or has exceeded maximum ...

The Constitution of Canada sets out the division of powers between the federal and provincial governments. Unlike provinces, territories are created by federal statute and not by the Constitution. They therefore have no ...